dead on the street. an officer-involved shooting ends in san jose. how one of the suspects ended up in custody. the east coast continues to dig out from under debris of superstorm sandy. we asked if you're ready for a disaster here at home. some items you may want to put in your preparedness kit, some you may not have thought of. this is "today in the bay." good sunday morning. looking live at downtown san jose. christmas in the park getting very close to being ready for you and your family. thank you so much for joining us on this sunday morning. i'm kris sanchez. another stormy night across the bay area. we're keeping a close eye on that fragile hillside in daly city. crews were making sure that storm drains didn't back up with mud or any other kind of debris.

and bales of hay line the area. on tuesday you may recall the road was a river of mud after water main broke sending tens of thousands of gallons of water into the neighborhood. a dozen cars were buried up to their hubs in mud. let's check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. residents in that neighborhood are feeling very wary. i think it's safe to say the danger has passed, do you think? >> last night we had a significant rainfall around the bay area. most of it fell in three to four hour's time. san francisco over a third of an inch of rain. san jose, about a half inch of rain. hayward about close to a third. a few other locations more than a half inch of rain. uniform event for most of the bay area picking up a third to about a half inch of rain which explains the spinouts overnight as rain continued to fall. the showers have shut down. that's a trend through the

afternoon. most of the moisture heading to the east and as we go hour by hour with future cast, notice how showers clear most of the south bay hill top locations by 1:00. we'll get clouds filling in toward evening but they should be rain free. temperatures as we approach noon and lunchtime warming up nicely. highs today upper 50s to some mid 60s. however, as we get back to the workweek, a stormy pattern setting up for the west coast. we'll let you know what areas around the bay area will see the best chances for rain as we get into the workweek. the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> developing news out of oakland this morning. three people injured in two separate shootings in the span of just one hour. police say they responded to reports of a shooting around 9:00 last night on havens court boulevard where they found two team suffering from gunshot wounds. another victim arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound. it's unclear whether the shootings are related. police have no suspects at this time.

new details in menlo park where a deadly shooting happened and the suspects are still on the loose. it all happened on the 300 block of ivy drive not far from 101. police say they received a call of gunshots fired in that area around 6:30 last night wh. when they arrived on the scene, they found a man lying in the street dead of a gunshot wound. police say it appears the victim was in a car when he was shot. they are not releasing his identity but says he doesn't live in the area. information with information is asked to call the menlo park police department. we're learning more about the officer-involved shooting in san jose. one of two men committed four armed robberies in south san jose on friday night. the duo turned violent after an officer tracked them down in their car. the driver sped off.

eventually the suspects pulled over, got out of the car and headed straight for the officer's patrol car and started shooting. >> for him to actually advance on the police officer and walk toward the car as he's firing and the rounds were in the front windshield, in the officer's seat, the side window of the officer's patrol car. the officer was trapped in his car. he's basically just getting shot at. he doesn't even have an opportunity to return fire. >> not only that, a bullet hit the officer's pepper spray canister and his car was filled with pepper spray. the officer suffered minor injuries and will recover. police say a backup officer arrived during that gun battle and fired at the suspects hitting one of them. both gunmen then then fled the scene. one ran bleeding into a neighboring home. >> one hit the slider. it was open. went through the back door and there were people home. they took one look at this guy bleeding running from someone and so they walked out the front

door immediately. we had officers in the area. they flagged down the officers. >> police say they arrested the suspect in that home a few hours later after securing the area. again, the second suspect is still on the loose this morning and is considered armed and dangerous. the family of a san jose marine is demanding answers following the 22 year old's death during a confrontation with palm springs police. there was overwhelming grief yesterday when the body arrived in fremont. the marine was shot and killed back on november 10th. palm springs police say he allegedly used his car as a weapon against two officers. the officers say they feared for their lives and they fired. >> why did this have to happen to him? nobody deserves this. nobody. >> he's got a clean record. this is a young man who signed up to serve this country who went to afghanistan. came back untouched. safe in afghanistan. came back to get killed.

>> the family is still asking questions about the moments leading up to the shooting. they are asking for an independent investigation into the palm springs police department or the district attorney's office. in vallejo, a year after an officer was killed in the line of duty, his community still feeling the loss. the officer was killed after a high-speed chase and foot pursuit. his family, friends and colleagues gathered at city hall in his honor yesterday. members of the police department say they remember him as a great officer, a mentor and a marine who constantly gave back to his community. the veteran officer was just 45 years old. he leaves behind a wife and three children. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, two police helicopters collide in southern california sending six people to the hospital. a wish come true for a young boy in texas.

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good morning. after a couple rough days of driving on the roadways, they are finally looking more clear. still obey the speed limit though and save yourself trouble. six people are injured after two police helicopters crashed into each other in southern california. police say one chopper clipped another while it was landing and the other was taking off. it happened at the pasadena police department's helipad. officials say none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. the national transportation safety board, ntsb, is now investigating. a firefighter who discovered an abandoned baby next to a firestation ten years ago, met

this weekend. >> reporter: every boy dreams of becoming a firefighter. just ask this boy. >> i wanted to be one when i was 6 and i started wanting to be won. >> he wants to be a lawyer and everything at once because he's ten. always first fireman. >> he suspect just any little boy. first time he was at this arlington firestation, it was a cold day in 2002. he was a newborn baby left just outside this firestation window. >> he was asleep at the time. just touched him enough to get him to move and let me know that he was breathing okay and everything. picked him up. brought him into the station. >> he was one of the first abandoned babies under the state's baby moses law which designated firestations as safe havens. for his tenth birthday, he wanted to come back to the station and meet the man who saved him. today he got his wish.

>> i got a picture i'm going to show you in a minute. >> i was excited that i got to meet him. >> he was the chief of the station and got to ride in the fire truck and flash the lights but the best part, he got to shoot the water gun. >> make it go that way. see if you can get that sign over there. >> this for him is something that he wanted. >> he's not special just another kid but to everyone at firestation 12, he's a little boy they won't forget. >> i'm glad i get to come here and see everyone. >> reporter: why? >> because this is my firestation that i was abandoned. >> he was found. that's good news. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, a busy day for nbc bay area yesterday. there's rob mayeda teamed up with safeway to help end hunger here in the bay area. we'll show you how the food drive is going so far, how you can help and whether rob's store did better than my store. >> we'll find out. right now the weather is looking better this morning if you like

sunshine. you can see things are clearing out in san francisco. we'll check the radar to see where some rain is still lingering in parts of the bay area. we'll have your full sunday forecast when we come right back.

it is starting to look a lot like the holidays in downtown san jose. the numbers are in and many of us here at nbc bay area went out to our local safeway stores to help with the annual end hunger now food drive and in just one day we collected a total of 26,929 bags of groceries. what does that mean? that means we're ahead of where we were last year. with your help, we're off to a good start. we may have exceeded our goal and last year's record but the drive is far from over. there is garvin thomas.

we were there with him earlier in the day. it's canned food, money, anything you want to donate from now to christmas day that will stay locally to feed local families. scary moments at ocean beach as high wind and big waves caused problems for a surfer. a call for help went out early yesterday morning after a pair of surfers wiped out near the cliff house. one of them was missing. the fire department and coast guard responded. short time later they found that surfer clinging to the rocks nearby. >> the surf was about five to six foot and the surfer did just jump off the rock and swam to the coast guard boat. he wasn't in serious distress other than losing his board and climbing up on the rocks. once he makes that commitment to climb on sealed rock, basically it's a rescue at that point. >> the surfer only surfed a few times at ocean beach. he was examined by medics and released. many resorts are open for

skiing. there is plenty of fresh powder so far and more snow is on the way. we're getting a break from the rain. does that mean it's just moving on? >> that's a good point. the moisture is now over the sierra. the good news is where the sierra is concerned we have snow way up near 7,000 feet yesterday now dropping closer to 5,500 feet to 6,000 feet this morning. the air mass has changed. skies clearing out. drier air sweeping in. 30s and low 40s in the north bay. more mild where there's more moisture around san jose. 51 degrees in both san jose and gilroy and a few lingering showers in the hilltops. we'll show you that in a moment. another change this morning. less wind. yesterday at this time we had the winds out of the southeast close to 20 miles per hour in san jose so the winds have certainly backed off for you this morning. satellite and the radar view will show you that we have showers which were around san jose and morgan hill off to the east and there's still a slight chance areas south of san jose could see showers. in the sierra, winter storm

warning up through 10:00 this morning. snow level closer to 5,500 feet. you can see scattered snow showers around lake tahoe basin and for the higher mountain tops, yosemite seeing snow this morning. most of the action will shut down as we head toward the afternoon. the moisture is heading off to the east. powerful storm here off the pacific northwest coast. for the most part the impact for that is ridinge ining off to th. high clouds through that by afternoon. most showers will be off to the east by 1:00. toward sunset, increasing clouds but minus the raindrops. mainly mid to high level clouds coming in toward this evening. the pattern shift we're going to start to see will be from the one that brought the storm track right into the bay area to one that kind of glances into the north bay. very stormy pattern but for the most part impacting seattle and portland and eventually toward tuesday, areas north of san francisco will see a chance of increasing rain opportunities for tuesday. areas from san jose south will see mild temperatures near 70 by

tuesday. future cast for your workweek shows you that raindr dropping t of the north bay so getaway forecast for wednesday may include showers. today mainly dry. we'll see hazy sunshine heading in through the afternoon. you saw low 60s around san jose. mid 60s around pleasanton and the tri-valley and close to 60 for san francisco and also near 60 in santa rosa. tuesday we'll see the rain drop further south north of the golden gate and on wednesday we'll see scattered showers. that system dropping through the bay area weakening as it moves from north to south and then by thanksgiving day and friday looks like we'll clear out. with recent rain like we've had, you have to watch out for some patchy morning fog. we'll see some of that thursday into friday and getting into next weekend. >> all right. i don't have concrete numbers but i do know that my safeway store collected more bags than your safeway store. >> that's been confirmed? >> i can't prove it. it was nice. it's always nice to see the folks who show up as well. >> in danville, the turnout looked like twice as much as

last year. great to see. >> prosecuwere you concerned th would make people stay away? >> that was a concern maybe people were running inside to get out of the raindrops. >> it did look busier. thank you very much. i win. amazing video out of australia. this is video from an amateur photographer. the waterspout is similar to a tornado over water but they typically break apart when they hit land. this is on the southeastern coast of australia. still more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, as east coast continues to dig out from under the debris of superstorm sandy, we ask are you ready for disaster here at home? we have some items that you might consider putting in your preparedness kit and they are sometimes things you may not have thought of.

in california, we always have to be ready for the next big one and folks in contra costa county got a chance to get free help getting ready. a thousand families got free disaster kits at the one stop emergency preparedness expo on saturday. while earthquakes are top of mind here, there were also tips for surviving things like disasters and other kinds of storms. >> it's not if but when. so that's why it's so important to be prepared. doesn't mean they have everything they need but even more so we're giving them information. >> the event was sponsored by chevron but there were health organizations, police, fire and utilities also pitching in to make sure folks got the information that they needed. the folks on the east coast are still dealing with the disaster left by superstorm sandy. storm debris still being picked up in many neighborhoods, garbage tall as three stories high starting to pile up at designated collection areas in new york city. the army corps of engineer will

soon help move that trash to other landfills upstate. superstorm sandy caused an estimate $50 billion in damage. new york being the hardest hit. some of the folks affected by sandy were without power and heat for days. some of them weeks. fema recommends everyone have a disaster kit with at least three days worth of water, nonperishable food, a battery operated radio, flashlights, batteries and first aid kits and any medication you need. those are basics. we invited brad in to tell us some of the things that we may want to add into our disaster kit if we're able. thanks for joining us by the way. >> thanks for having me. you mentioned being prepared and having all of those things in a single kit that's ready to grab. that's one of the nice things. a lot of people don't have time to put together what experts will call a go bag. we carry an emergency kit which comes with all of those different things. you've got food and water.

you've got first aid supplies. emergency radio. work gloves. all you really need to do is just add your personal gear to that. personal medications, maybe a pair of prescription eye glasses and you're set. one stop shop. you're all set. >> some of us have something set up already. if we wanted to add to it, gallons and gallons of water for a family, a larger family, that can be difficult. so what would you recommend? >> well, gallons of water are hard to store. there are water treatment things. we sell plenty of those. you can treat water and make it safe to drink. also things like a simple first aid kit. something like this in the glove box of your car in places that you can quick grab it. things like that that will help make you a little bit safer. we also have things like storm proof matches. have to light candles. you light them and they burn like crazy. >> they can be wet if there's a disaster or rain or mud slide. >> i lit them and stuck them under water and they keep

burning. they're crazy. >> guess what i'm doing after the show. experimenting with those. also radio. this one sole kwar powered. >> you want to stay tuned and hear about whatever emergency information is being broadcast and if you are without power, you know, you're going to be out of luck. this operates solar or you can hand crank and stay tuned. >> we like our gadgets obviously. it's good to have basics but also gadgets make it more -- we're more willing to stop and put it all together i think. >> exactly. we've also got a lantern here that if you're without power, it's nice to have a little bit of light. you turn this on. it's also got solar charger on there. >> nice. >> you are charging your cell phone. >> it's a great way just to be prepared. >> i didn't know you could do that. this is something we saw in new york city where people were trying to find ways to stay connected. >> there were lines at local restaurants that had power and people were lining up for hours

just to charge a cell phone. >> we often think of rei as a place where we go when we want to be outdoors and have fun. some of the workshops that you have probably could help people be prepared for a disaster and not just a fun weekend. >> absolutely. rei offers expert advice. travel check list. we also do it to disaster preparedness. we have a learn tab and you'll find thousands of expert advice articles and all sorts of instructional videos and you'll find information on our outdoor school programs which are geared for anyone from beginner to advance level to advance outdoor skills like wilderness first aid to respond in a tough situation. >> that can be in the middle of your neighborhood. very helpful. thank you. i appreciate it much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up an unwelcome surprise.

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good morning. a golden start to the day in san jose. look at that. a little bit of blue sky in the distance. the rains have moved out. but when will they return? thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. we're not done with the rain. it's winter. it will come at difficult time. >> later in the week when we'll see getaway traffic on wednesday is the next chance for showers. two big changes. palm trees weren't bending over sideways like yesterday morning. winds backed off. showers for the most part moving to the east. this is a loop of the last four

hours. you can see we did have showers around los gatos and areas around sunol grade but trend for afternoon watching moisture head to the east. 1:00, partly cloudy skies. sunshine. toward sunset we'll see high clouds starting to stream in. that's the outer fringe of a storm system that will bring big-time rain to the pacific northwest. for us temperaturewise today, a cooler start. by 1:00 we're back into the low to mid 60s. clouds fill in toward 4:00. we'll see numbers cooling off in the north bay. upper 50s to low 60s today as we turn drier to wrap up the weekend. the all-important getaway forecast does include a little more rain. we'll talk more about that stormy pattern setting up for the rest of the west coast in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks. president obama is now in thailand. air force one arrived in bangkok a few hours ago. president obama will meet thailand's king and queen today and will also have a private talk with the country's prime minister. the president is visiting southeast asia to attend a

summit to shore up relations with our allies. happening now, the violence intensifies in the middle east azs israeli air strikes on the gaza strip continue. benjamin netanyahu says israel is ready to expand the gaza operation. the country continued air strikes on targets on the gaza strip on fifth day of fighting. medical officials say two air strikes killed a child and injured a dozen other people at a refugee camp. israel launched nearly 1,000 air strikes since the beginning of the operation earlier this week. nearly 50 palestinians including a number of children have been killed since the fighting started last week. [ speaking foreign language ] >> a rocket launch in gaza today surprised a french journalist and her crew. the journalist and her cameraman were finishing a taped report when a rocket shot into the area nearby.

she was reporting on a media center hit by an israeli air strike. new this morning, a body has been found in the gulf of mexico not far from where an oil rig went up in flames earlier this week. that body is believed to be that of a worker missing since the fire on friday. it started as workers were using a torch to cut an oil line. four workers are now badly burn and being treated at the hospital. 11 others are also injured. so far though it appears no oil is seeping from the well. the search continues for a second worker who is still missing. the body of a san jose marine is back home this morning. the 22 year old was killed during a confrontation with palm springs police a week ago. "today in the bay's" kimberly tere has more details on what this family wants now. >> reporter: it was is a somber homecoming for a south bay marine. a few dozen family members at times overwhelmed with grief

watched as the corporate's flag draped coffin was brought into a mortua mortuary. they wanted answers about what happened to their loved one. >> i don't understand why this had to happen to him. to this extreme. nobody deserves this. nobody. >> he has a clean record. this is a young man who signed up to serve his country, who went to afghanistan. came back untouched. was safe in afghanistan. came back to get killed. >> reporter: the 22-year-old man stationed at 29 palms in san bernardino county was shot and killed a week ago during a confrontation with palm springs police. the case has now been turned over to the district attorney's office. police are no longer commenting. this is what they said earlier. >> some sort of altercation occurred between the driver and the two officers. at some point during the altercation, both officers discharged their weapons. >> they didn't have to use deadly force. this wasn't a situation to where it had to come to a wrongful

death. >> they contacted an individual -- >> reporter: palm springs police say they had no other choice. before the shooting, the man refused multiple orders to to the car. he then used the car to hit one officer and drag another. a stolen atm card and i.d. were found inside the car. the family says they don't think palm springs police are telling the whole story about the events leading up to the shooting. they're calling on the marines to step in and launch an independent investigation. >> we're not confident with just the palm springs police doing the investigation. we're not confident with their district attorney doing the investigation. >> reporter: kimberly tere, "today in the bay." >> new details this morning on a deadly shooting in menlo park. the suspects still on the loose. it happened on the 300 block of ivy drive not far from 101. police say they received a call of gunshots fired in that area at 6:30 last night. they found a man lying in the

street with a gunshot wound. he was pronounced dead at the scene. witnesses say they saw two men wearing dark colored hooded sweatshirts running from the area. police say it appears the victim was in the car when the shooting happened and that he did not live in the area. anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the menlo park police. a follow-up now on a story that we first brought you earlier this week. a san francisco deputy accused of felony bank robbery has now been released on bail. he was arrested friday morning in connection with the november 7th robbery at a bank on balboa street. he allegedly hand eed the tellea note demanding money and the teller handed over $1,700 in cash. police identified him as a suspect in the robbery using surveillance video and fingerprints. he has now been charged with one felony count of robbery and one felony count of burglary. he's suspended during the investigation and is on unpaid leave. the deputy had recently filed for bankruptcy.

his bail was set at $150,000. still ahead on "today in the bay," stanford keeps the upsets going. a look at an amazing victory over the top ranked oregon ducks. plus -- >> i'm scott budman. named car of the year. how well does it work? we give the tesla model s a long-term test drive.

good morning. looking live in san francisco where the rain has moved out. the cold has moved in this morning. stanford seems to be snapping winning streaks and upsetting teams all over the place lately and it was a big night no the cardinal on the gridiron. the team rallied late in the fourth quarter to tie the top ranked oregon ducks sending the game into overtime. stanford then nailed a field goal to win the game 17-14 snapping a 13-game winning streak for the ducks. stanford can win the pac 12 north with one win against ucla

next week. the san jose spartans are now one step closer to a bowl game. the team won its ninth game of the season beating byu 20-14. to put it in perspective, spartans won only eight games combined in the last three years. they'll go for win number ten next week. something they haven't done since 1987. their fans are overjoyed. 49ers and fans are waiting to see if quarterback alex smith will be cleared to play in tomorrow night's game against the chicago bears. smith has been practicing in a noncontact capacity since midweek and is expected to undergo some more tests today and tomorrow. the final word on his status might not be released until hours before the game. the bears will be without their quarterback, jay cutler. both quarters suffered concussions last week. it is super fast and super green. the new tesla named car of the year earlier this month. our business and tech reporter scott budman got an exclusive

chance to kick the tires and take one for the spin. tesla gave him the keys for the whole day. >> reporter: it's quiet but it's still making a lot of noise. the all electric tesla model s. now for sale lifting spirits, lifting tesla stock price and recently named motor trend's car of the year. after talking about the model s for some time, we got a chance to spend the day with one. driving along bay area roads and letting the sun shine in. the gigantic screen that serves as the car's dashboard is not a before seen use in cars. for kids being raised in a touch screen world, it will eventually be natural. with the model s, tesla answers the question can a luxury performance car run without gas? as motor trend said, this car is

as fast as anything in its class and trust me, it's also extremely comfortable, easy to drive, very smooth, and sometimesee sometimes quiet. as tesla makes and sells more of them, the model s like the roadster that proceeded it is still pricey. it starts at about $50,000 after tax rebate. the version we drove costs close to 100 grand. so tesla has done it. the model s is a brilliant, luxury and performance car. and maybe as more of them are made and sold, more of us will

be able to afford one. in palo alto, scott budman, nbc news. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay." we talk with larry gerston about california's version of the fiscal cliff.

state budget makers are breathing a sigh of relief with the passage of several ballot propositions on the ballot nearly two weeks ago. california's fiscal problems, are they finally solved or simply papered over? let's find out. larry gerston joins us now. good morning, larry. as we watched all of those returns come in, folks definitely said that they wanted more money for education and a number of other things. is the problem solved? >> look, there's been some relief. no question. certainly in the short-term if we can use that description. proposition 30 will inject wean

$7 billion and $9 billion in education over the next seven years. money that almost everyone said was badly needed. some other good budget news as well. passage of proposition 39. that's going to close a massive corporate tax loophole. that's important bringing in another billion dollars in and proposition of 36 is another one revising the three strikes that we've talked about that will enable 4,000 people now third strike inmates who have been in prison for nonviolent crimes to apply for release. when they do so, they'll be save the state $50,000 per inmate. that chunk of change multiplied toward 4,000 is $200 million a year. the state treasury will get a few bucks in the short-term. >> we always like to look at long-term. do you think we're kicking the can down the road? >> here's the story. most likely, yes. our revenue sources are a problem. these days particularly

california relies on a single revenue source. that's the personal income tax for about 62% of the general fund. now, that's almost twice the percentage of income taxes accounted for in 1982, just 30 years ago. other sources diminished such as the sales tax which once accounted for 40% and now accounts for about 25% of the general fund. other sources, motor vehicle fees reduced, sin taxes haven't been changed in 30 years, all of these things play much smaller roles providing funds for the state. things are lopsided. >> when you talk about getting a big chunk of the revenue from the same source, the seas get volatile. it's all eggs in one basket. >> that's the problem. we rely on progressive income tax as a single source and the more we do that, when the state economy goes bad, the money doesn't come in. we saw that a couple of times.

it's what happened in 2001, 2002, when the country and state went into a great recession. again in 2008 through just a few months ago when we suffered again, the great recession, all these things. what happens is money dries up. we don't collect it from enough sources. if we take taxes from other places as well, what happens is we're more likely to get more money all the time. we're not talking about more dollars per se. we're talking about redistributing the sources of revenue. why? so that we can have more predictable sources of income all year-round. >> seems like people would be on board. why not? it's because of this tiny thing that takes that absolute two-thirds vote that we talked about over and over in the past. two-thirds vote in legislature to change tax rules. no political party has been able to assemble that huge majority

until now. until now. with the most recent election, democrats now have that two-thirds majority. we have the opportunity to rethink revenues and rethink sources for long-term stability. whether they do so remains to be seen. this is a window that will be open for at least two years until we have another election. how this new majority party plays it out will be fun to watch. >> always fun with you. thank you very much, larry. you can get more of larry's political insight, nbcbayarea.com and look for prop 0. just ahead, what is the president doing? the story behind this photo coming up. hopefully you are impressed with the change at the weather you're seeing this morning. if you like sunshine, you can see the winds have backed off. nice start to the morning looking out across the east bay. oakland in the distance. we'll let you know which areas will see a lingering chance of showers in your sunday forecast when we come right back.

welcome back. good sunday morning to you. speaking of sunday, it's living up to its name. you can see in san francisco you have early morning sunshine. cool start. clearing skies. drier air now dropping into the north bay. just over my shoulder you see a lot of blue on the screen there. we have 37 degrees santa rosa. napa at 40. a little warmer toward san jose where we have partly cloudy skies. less wind this morning. that's another change. all of the active weather starts to move to the east taking more of the clouds with it and the showers for the most part except in some of the south bay hilltops this morning we have seen showers near los gatos and toward the sunol grade around the east bay. the moisture will continue to head to the east as we look at partly cloudy skies for the bay area around midday. winter storm warnings up through 10:00 this morning for sierra locations. snow levels down to 5,500 feet. that activity should shut down

heading into the afternoon. for the raiders game this afternoon, we'll see numbers in the low to mid 60s. partly cloudy skies. and yes the theme of raider nation there proud to see the saints come to town. raiders looking at the numbers in the low 60s. rain free increasing high clouds through the game. you can see here the break between systems. powerful system offshore that will miss the bay area except for high clouds. outer fringe dropping in later this afternoon. by 2:00 still looking at a lot of sunshine we think around the south bay and then by sunset into the evening mostly cloudy skies which will help keep overnight temperatures up mainly in the 40s. big pattern shift as we get back to the workweek. this is what we had this weekend is the jet stream over the bay area. it's going to lift just a little bit to the north allowing powerful systems to just clip by the bay area monday into tuesday. for monday we're looking at rain chances mostly north of santa rosa spilling into the north bay by tuesday afternoon. on the flip side, areas south of

san francisco completely different. numbers low to mid 60s monday near 70 and warmest spots in the south bay by tuesday. future cast for the weekend showing you the north bay rain. eventually that will find its way through the rest of the bay area by wednesday morning, midday wednesday a few more showers coming our way. low to mid 60s around the south bay increasing high clouds toward evening. low to mid 60s around the trivalley. cooler here in the north bay as the clouds fill in faster and then areas north of santa rosa looking at daily opportunities for seeing showers far north. tuesday we'll see raindr droppi in for the weekend and wednesday is the next chance for wettest day of the week but a system not bringing as much rain as we had last night. a lot of bay area picked up a half inch of rain with the system overnight. wednesday a quarter inch or less and then patchy fog and clearing

skies thanksgiving into the start of next weekend. >> you know if your company can't make it in because it's raining, more turkey for you. >> that's true. that's a way to look at it. >> glass half full. >> optimistic view. >> the time of year where little ones write letters to santa and parents think about christmas shopping. kids are more excited about the box and packaging than what's inside. an ohio teacher was surprised by what happened when he took all of the toys from his classroom. >> the teacher was inspired by his 3-year-old students to try something different. he removed all of the toys and learning material and replaced it with raw materials like cardboard boxes. what he discovered surprised even him. >> not one of them complained about not having the toys and it was actually really cool because some of the quieter kids actually got to show leadership roles in projects. >> the kids came up with the idea of what to build.

>> we built stuff. >> the teachers helped with cutting the cardboard but ideas of building a pirate ship, igloo and hotel was all theirs and every kid has his favorite. what's your favorite thing? >> pirates. >> he's been doing this for about a week and has started to see behavioral changes in some of his kids. >> kids do have trouble separating from their parents in the morning or just were quieter in the classroom, we've seen them become leaders and seen them grow. >> it's not all about racing marbles. the teachers say the kids are learning more than just playing with boxes. >> there are negotiations when one person says it's a hotel and someone else says it's a rocket ship. being able to solve those problems and be flexible. >> he'll continue with this until the kids get bored so the next time your child wants that

latest toy, maybe you should just give them the box and let them be creative. >> santa is going on vacation. the teacher says the girls had just as much fun building things in the new classroom as the boys. we all like to create. take a look at this. president obama having a little fun with a member of the women's gymnastics team. the not impressed girl. the white house released this photo yesterday of the president imitating her not impressed look. the expression was caught during the medal ceremony in london quickly went viral. i don't know how she does that standing next to the president. many of us here at nbc bay area went out to our local safeway stores and in one day we collected a total of 26,929 bags of groceries. with your help, we're off to a very good start. we may have exceeded our goal and last year's record but the

drive is far from over. whether it is canned foods or money, you can donate from now throughout christmas day to help feed the families. there are prepackaged bags. $10. four meals for a family in need. of course very good cause. >> it's a really great deal. benefiting all of the local food banks around the bay area. you mentioned 27,000 on the first day. last year for the month was 58,000. the turnout was fantastic. keep it going. >> maybe the economy is turning around or starting to. >> people see more positive. it was good to see yesterday. >> thank you. we want to thank you for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 news because it's sunday night football night in america. a great matchup between the baltimore ravens and pittsburgh steelers and then a special edition of nbc bay area news after the game.

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